2012/7/12 Nikita Popov <nikita....@gmail.com>:
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Alex Aulbach <alex.aulb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 1. The resulting string should have a version information. For example
>> the first char. the example hash will look like
>> "1$2y$07$usesomesillystringfore2uDLvp1Ii2e./U9C8sBjqp8I90dH6hi",
>> instead of "$2y$07$usesomesillystringfore2uDLvp1Ii2e./U9C8sBjqp8I90dH6hi"
>
> See that 2y in the string? That's the version information. If a
> different algorithm is used, a different string will be in there. This
> also applies to changes to the algorithm itself. E.g. the 2y prefix is
> already a modified version of the original bcrypt algorithm.
>
> Nikita

Cool. "y" is the algorithm? I just ask to be sure. :)

How do I know which version I'm using? Think about checking if I'm
able to handle this version-hashes. Or other things like "generate a
hash for version 1 instead of version 2, because I know what I'm
doing". I mean: We can just fail with verify, but it would be
sometimes great to know, why it fails. :)

-- 
Alex Aulbach

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